Isaac p



UNITEDA STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISAAC P. TICE., 0F NEWA YORK, N.v Y.

MACHINE Foa CUTTING AND TWISTING PAPER..

Specilication forming part oILetters atent No. 43,824, dated August 16,1864.

To all uhom it may concern: y l Beit known' that I, ISAAC P. TroE,of thecity, county,`and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedMachine for Gut` ting and Twistin g Paper; and I do hereby declare thatthe followingis afull, clear, and ex` `act description thereof, 'whichwill enable my invention, taken in the' linex w, Fig. 2;

Fig. 2, a plan or top view ofthe saine.

Similar 'letters of' reference indicate like parts.r`

, lhis invention relates to a new and useful machine for cutting paperfrom a continuous roll into strips ot a suitable z width, and twistingthe latter into threads or twine, vto be used as such, or to-be woven orknitted into any suitable fabric, .the cutting' andjtwistingK operationsbeing simultaneously1 performed.

The invention consists in using with an ordinary throstle or spinningframe a cutting device formed ot' a series of cutters working upon acylinder, all arranged in such a manner as to admit of the cutting andtwisting opera ,tions being simultaneously performed. l The inventionfurther consists'in a novel means employed for facilitating the twistingof the strips of paper, as hereinafter set forth. A represents aframing, which may be con'- structed in any .proper manner to supportthe' working" parts,.and B is a cylinder placed on the upper and rearpart of said framing, on

which cylinder the paper to be cut and twisted is rolled, said paperbeing in a single or con tinuous sheet, and consequently forming acontinuous roll. This roll of paper rests upon a' cylinder, U, placedkdirectly under it inthe same axial plane, as shown clearly in Fig. 1.

D is a cylinder placed in the upper part of the framingA,-,in front ofcylinder B, and having upon it a series of circular cutters, E, placedat suitable and equal distances apart, said cutters workingon acylinder, F', directly below the cylinder D, and in the same axial zplane.

G G G represent three pressure-rollers at the -front part of the framingA,'and Il represents a throstle or spinning frame, which may be ofordinary construction and therefore does not requrea minute description.

1 The cutters E cut the paper into strips a, of al suitable width, saidstrips passing between the rollers G G G, and-being twisted as theyleave said rollers vby the bobbins b of the thros'tle or spinning frame.

In order. to facilitate the twistingv of the strips a ot' paper, Iemploy a pointed cylinder, H, one placed over each strip a, and betweenthe bobbins and the pressure-rollers G. By

this arrangement the strips a are twistedy from the ends of the pointedcylinders H and the strips under the pull of the bobbins gathered'around the pointedcylinders, so as to compact and -roll the strips,insuring an even and regutwist.v Only one pointed cylinder, Il, isshown; but as they are allA constructed alike that is suiicent.

It would be decidely preterable to have the strips rolled or gatheredbeforepassing between the pressurc-rollers G, as the latter have atendency to flatten theV roll or twist and cause the .twine or thread tobe of unequal thickness.

WhenI superiorl work, however, is not re quired, adevice, I similar toan ordinary sewing-machine heinmer, may be used and placed between thecutters E and thepressure-rollers G.l

The vpressurerollers G' serve to keep the strips a of paper in properrelative position,

' and to -fecd them to the bobbins ofthe throstle, `and likewise causethe strips to be twisted under a proper degreeot tension.

Where superior work is required and an even twist of the strips a inorder to .pro-

the pointed cylinders H are very essential and cannot be dispensed with,as the gathering of the strips to a point, and the twisting of 'the samefrom said point, insures an eveness of. twist which cannot otherwise beproduced.

Having 'thus described my invention, I y claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters f Patentl. The combination ot' a paper-cutting deducethreads of an equal thickness throughout,

vicezuni :Lihrotlcorspinningl'rninu,nrrnng'ed, throbjtle or spinningf'u'nicA in relation with substantially as shown, for the pin-pose ofcntthe paper strips u, to operate substantially als ting' paper intostrips from a continuons roll und for the purpose herein setI forth.

und twisfingthe saine into threads 0r twine, ISAAC l. -TIGIL the workboing; done simultaneously or at onel l 'itnesses: 0pc1'atim.,substantially as herein set forth. l 'M. F. WICNAMARA, 3.. They pnntwicylinders il, applied t0 n. JM. M. LIVINGSTON.

